Load compressed text file into a String using JavaScript

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What should I do If I have a simple compressed text file (in a .zip/.rar/... file) and I want to read it into a String with JavaScript?

In other words if the content of my compressed test.txt file is "Hello world", then what should I do to copy this "Hello word" text into a String?

How to do this? Which compression format should I use (.zip/.rar/other)?

Thank you in advance!

How did that compressed text file makes its way into your JavaScript? — Ja͢ck, Aug 29 '12 at 10:46
You could load any document from JS via AJAX methods, but I don't know how to decompress it. e.g. `jQuery.ajax( { url: 'THE_FILE_NAME', complete: function( jqXHR, status ) { /* … */ } } );` — feeela, Aug 29 '12 at 10:48

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

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Assuming you succeeded in loading the compressed file to a javascript variable (through AJAX?), follow this similar question in order to unzip it:

edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

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answered Aug 29 '12 at 10:49

Lior

Thanks for this link! It was realy helpgul to understand the solution. – Fract Aug 31 '12 at 22:08
Sorry, I tried, but I have not enough reputation to upvote your post. Thank you for posting it! – Fract Sep 01 '12 at 20:56

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 29 '12 at 10:49

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answered Aug 29 '12 at 10:49

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